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  1. What about the information gathered??? on Operation 'Cyber Storm' Starts Tomorrow · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Suppose their attacks allow them to get into various machines and networks, what will they do with the data that is accesible in those machines?

    Is this just another end run around warrantless search and seizures of data?

    What kind of oversite is there on this process and how can we be sure the information is not used, stored, or otherwise desiminated among the various US spook agencies and their foreign lackeys.

    And how much do you want to bet Google will be a very well excercised target since they have been fighting the governments abuse of power already.

  2. Re:Getting Invited on Gmail in the News · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Gmail machine just worked for me. I refreshed for about 20 minutes, finally won an invite. There was a problem with the invite process but it got taken care of right away, and now I've got logged into gmail, no problem.

  3. How about pig lagoons? on Manure-Powered Generators On The Rise · · Score: 2, Interesting

    There are many pig lagoons in rural NC that are problematic due to the 'factory farms' that are being run by some large corporations. Seems like this might be a good alternative for them while sparing their neighbors from the smell and run-off of their operation.

  4. Re:Good luck trying to leave in a hurry... on An Ignition Interlock In Every Car? · · Score: 2, Informative

    The mythbusters episode was using mouthwash to HIDE the presence of alcohol. There are instances where mouthwash gives false positives for alcohol. This was not covered by mythbusters. In fact, some brands of mouthwash do contain alcohol such as Listermint.

  5. Re:Uh oh . . . on India Becoming a Major Hub for Western Job Seekers · · Score: 1

    "subsidized education -- Subsidized by whom?"

    "it's been a long time since i've been to the states... do they have cover charges for high school now? "

    Actually, schools are paid by a whole other tax, usually property tax on house, land, condo, etc.

  6. Compaq/HP on Obtaining Replacement Parts for Your Laptop? · · Score: 5, Funny

    I usually have no problem getting what I want from Compaq as long as the following conditions are met:

    1. Have a lot of money
    2. Compaq/HP actually has the part listed
    3. Compaq/HP actually has the part in stock
    4. Compaq/HP actually ships the order
    5. I finally give up and buy a new laptop

    Hope this helps :-(

    Sorry I almost forgot:
    6. ???
    7. Profit

  7. Re:This is why I don't fix for family on Wasting Time Fixing Computers · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I've had two really bad experiences.

    1. My ex's father replaced the gas tank on my car, I paid for the tank and paid him for doing the work. He own's a fully equipped professional garage so it didn't take long at all, about 40 minutes. Later, when he had a hard disk failure, at his garage business, I was called in to rescue any data and help install a new hard drive about 10 minutes for the disk, but hours rescuing the data. Needless to say he paid for the hard disk and then gave me a big thank you and thought it was even. No attempt at giving me any money, and he felt quite offended when I tried to hit him up for money. After that, his computer problems were just that, his problem.

    2. About 7 years ago when scanners and color printers were not as widespread as they are today, I did some photograph restoration work for a friend of mine. Lot's of touch up work on the aged photos and printing out on, expensive at the time, photo paper. I had about 20 hours of work and about $20 in paper plus whatever ink that it used. He also tried the give me a, "Hey, thanks man!" kind of payment. But he owned a bar where I was a regular at. 3 weeks later, my companies payroll didn't come in on time, and I was planning on going out that night. I went to his bar, asked to run a tab, and he looked at me as if I had just shit on his floor. He claimed he didn't know me well enough, even though we had drank together several times, been over to his house, been to concerts, and restored his pictures for free.

    Just because I like computers, doesn't mean I do it for free!

  8. Respect my authority on Transcriber Threatens Release of Medical Records · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    FP!
    Wait wait wait, NOW!

  9. Re:HTTP knowledge required? on HTTP Developer's Handbook · · Score: 1

    I've found the Live HTTP Headers plugin for Mozilla from http://www.mozdev.org/ to be great for anyone truely interested in HTTP communication. This should be in any serious web developer's toolbox.

  10. Re:Aw, cripes on Marriage May Tame Genius · · Score: 1

    I'm watching the damn wiggles right now, and do feel myself becoming dumber every minute. It's either that, or the complete lack of sleep that has been brought on by a 2.5 year old wiggles fan.

  11. Not a sentence but an agreement on $180 Million for Piracy Conspiracy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Since he will being doing 5 years in jail and paying $500/month for the rest of his life for something he had been planning on doing but never did, does that mean that after he gets out of jail is he allowed to go ahead with his plan? Instead of of a sentence, this sounds more like a bizarre licensing agreement similiar to the tax on CD's in case you intend to use them to pirate music or software.

  12. Re:Later in the discussion... on Sen Hatch Would Like To Destroy Filetraders' PCs · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check out VMWare, not free but good. It emulates down to the PC system level and is available for both Linux and Windows.

  13. Re:Oh bullshit on Bonzi Class Action Suit Settled: No Foolin'! · · Score: 1

    Does this agreement cover 'Graphical User Interfaces' or any 'User Interface'. Not sure if it was Bonzi, but yesterday I received a popup that looked like a command prompt box. I typically have a putty, cygwin, or a command prompt open. I was a little confused by that at first, the only reason I noticed it was that it was a different size than my settings, but it did match the Windows default command prompt size though. Yet another way to confuse users that don't know any better.

  14. Re:Why aren't the benefits of lower production cos on Cheap Audio Production · · Score: 1

    No, the band recieves a loan for production costs which is paid back by the band's share of the sales. The loan generally has to be paid in full before the band ever see's any money from the record.

  15. Re:What's really cool also on Hyper-Threading Speeds Linux · · Score: 4, Funny
    But do you really want to see additional processors, wouldn't SCO want to charge you more for them?

    Earlier SCO Story

  16. My vote is for GTA Vice City on Games of the Year · · Score: 1

    I just got it today, and finally had to stop playing it since my wrists were hurting, wife was getting cranky and the kid wanted to watch his new movies.

    Moving from the PS2 to the computer will definitly help. ;-)

  17. Re:RIAA Math: Add more examples here... on Fast CD-R Drives Make For Twice the Piracy · · Score: 5, Insightful
    One MP3 on a P2P file sharing system = Infinite copyright violations

    Acutally, infinite isn't correct. The number of violations would be limited to the number of people in the world - 1. Oh wait, I forgot, they need a seperate license for the song for at work, in the car, and at home. Oops, wrong again, everyone needs a seperate license for each device they use at work, in the car, and at home. Woops, would they also need a seperate license for the song if they ran a dual boot and wanted to play the song on each OS but on the same system?

    I guess you were right, an infinite number of copyright violations are possible!

  18. Re:Easy... on Updating Quickbooks Forces Online Membership? · · Score: 4, Informative

    Are you using Windows XP? If so, then check an see if the Quicking Update was caught by the System Restore feature under Start | Programs | Accessories | System Tools. If so, then roll back your system to before the Quicken Update and you should be all set.

    Of course back up all your Quicken files, blah, blah, blah.

  19. No problem at work for me. on MSNBC: Offices Remain Spam Free Zones · · Score: 2

    Although I have heard of other people having problems at work with spam, I've been lucky so far. All of our email addresses are easily guessable (prone to dictionary attack) along with alternate addresses being 6 character usernames (prone to brute force attack.

    Hotmail accounts on the other hand, my username is not easily guessable, but I received 47 spams and 1 legitmate message in the past 24 hours in my inbox while 9 spams were redirected to the junk mail folder along with 2 legitimate messages.

    I wonder if the filters that are used by corporate America could be used by Hotmail, actually I wonder why they are not.

  20. Re:No judge has ruled so far on Chocolatier Fights PanIP Uber-Commerce Patent · · Score: 2, Informative

    There is a new law that was signed on November 3rd regarding the review of patents with the a Board of Patent Appeals and Interferences that will make defense against a patent such as this much cheaper.

    More information can be found here:

    http://www.kilstock.com/site/print/detail?Articl e_ Id=1136

    Sorry I don't have a link to the offical gov notice, but my company is already using this new law for a patent search service.

  21. Re:Killing pop-up ads is a bad thing on Pop-Up Ads Begin To Face Serious Opposition · · Score: 1
    Has anybody noticed some new ads that take the place of the IE Favorites pane. I know, I know, don't use IE, but I've had a few instances where an ad has take over the Favorites area, I then had to click on the Favorites button to get them back. Is this the type of thing to come, if pop up/under's are eliminated.

    Like what has been said before, at least I know how to get rid of popup's.

  22. Can't fucking take this anymore on Another Publisher Challenges Legality of Links · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    Please preview your fucking submissions, it should be:

    "It seems that the legality of hypertext linking has once again been called into question according to this story running on Wired.com."

    "As the former online publisher of 7am.com", as opposed to the offline publisher of 7am.com.

    "Local TV broadcaster TVNZ also made all sorts of noise about the illegality of linking to their content back in 1966 but have since come to their senses" Should be legality, and lets make it 1996 instead of a couple decades before the web.

    . . . be encouraged because they drive traffic . . .

    Editors, would it kill you to at least check the submissions and fix the obvious errors in the stories in which you post?

  23. Shitty attitude to the customers on Best Buy Backs CD Copy Impairment · · Score: 1

    It's not just that they treat people like criminals, they tend to act like complete, non-thinking, automaton, assholes. The last time I was there, I went in to buy a refrigerator, washer, and dryer for my new house. My new house was ten miles down the road, but 1/2 mile on the other side of the city line. They told me that I would have to go to the store that serves my city instead, never mind the fact that the other store was 25 miles away from my house. They basically turned away a $1600 sale.

    Well Circuit City (they still sold apliances then and was after the Divix crap) was 2 miles further down the road, they agreed to deliver anywhere on MY schedule. Guess who got my money?

  24. Re:Current ratio? on ZeoSync Makes Claim of Compression Breakthrough · · Score: 1

    I think you mean: 101010
    But it is still a repeating pattern.

    Attention moderators on crack, 42 is the meaning of life according to the HitchHikers Guide.

  25. Individuals testing before corporations buy. on Thawte Protects The World From Crypto · · Score: 1

    On my first project that required crypto, I tested solutions from multiple vendors, including Thawte, before I made a final decision with the companies checkbook. Not making cert's available to individuals will only hurt them when developers want to experiment with their technology first.